Word: zero
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...below zero and the air was thin enough to set the blood aboil as a New Zealand beekeeper -mountaineer named E. P. Hillary and an experienced Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norkey, struggled out of Camp 8 towards Everest's naked summit (29,002 ft.). Twice their climbing companions had been driven back by blizzards of ice, as had all men who tried before them. This time the mountain yielded...
After a long, tinhorn odyssey in exile, Tom comes back to Paris and finds himself a wife. But boredom draws him into the arms of a mistress, who gives him excitement, trouble and baby Paul in short order, together with an urge to confess his shortcomings: "As for marks . . . zero, zero, zero-in conduct, in morality...
...when the reviews came out, it began to look like the same old story. Most critics rapped the opera, and some were scathing. The critic of Rome's Il Tempo totted up demerits: "Music? Zero. Originality? Artistic taste? Zero." There was a minority of approvals, led by Milan's influential Corriere della Sera: "A vibrant success . . . Menotti is an artist of tradition, a most Italian artist." Said Menotti: "Well, the reviews weren't all good, but the good ones were real raves-the first I've gotten in Italy. I must admit it feels wonderful...
...diesel locomotives with adjustable wheels that permit them to run on standard U.S. (56 in.) gauge tracks as well as on wider gauge (up to 66 in.) tracks in foreign countries. The new locomotive has special heating equipment, enabling it to operate at 65° below zero...
...Reports from the simulated suburb came in more slowly and were far less cheerful. Surface wind had carried radioactive products of the explosion away from the troops and dumped them on the houses. Three hours later the ruined structures were still radioactive. "House Two," 7,500 feet from Ground Zero, could be entered for only a few minutes; "House One," 3,500 feet from the explosion, not at all. Beams in House Two were broken or torn from their supports. Windows were gone; rooms were littered with broken glass. The railing dummies had been tossed into wild contortions. House...